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If you're a startup building another social network, I think the question to ask yourself is: what's our business model? Unless you are well connected in the v
by revorad 15y ago
If you're a startup building another social network, I think the question to ask yourself is: what's our business model?
Unless you are well connected in the valley, have insane traction already, have boatloads of cash, don't like or need money or are doing it for charity, it's not a startup, it's just a hobby.
I think the smart thing to do now is ride the social networking wave and build something on top of it.
Think Zynga, not Facebook.
- nopinsight 15y agoNo, we're not building another social network. This will be an app to help people follow their favorite topics. Think RSS, but filter by topics instead of websites. Or think Reddit, but with only links on your favorite topics. (The topics can be more fine-grained and flexible than putting existing subreddits together.) Of course, there will be social components on it, but the key functionality is the links to interesting articles/videos/books instead of chattering with your friends.
- revorad 15y agoCan I try it? If there was something good like this, I would probably use it. Sparks doesn't do anything interesting right now. It's like Google search results but from a tiny subset of the web, so at least right now, you need not worry about it.
- nopinsight 15y agoThanks for the interest and the reply. :-) When the product is more ready, I'll definitely let you know.